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Men's Lives, 9th Edition

Michael S. Kimmel, State University of New York-Stony Brook

Michael A. Messner, University of Southern California

Michael A. Messner

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Overview

Description

Understanding the experiences of men in U.S. society

Edited by two of the field’s most prominent researchers, Men’s Lives, 9^th edition, reflects on the question “What does it mean to be a man in contemporary U.S. society?”

Organized around themes that define masculinity, this reader uses a social-constructionist view to examine how men construct masculinity within a social and historical context.

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:

Understand how different groups–working class men, men of color, gay men, older men, younger men, and boys–construct different versions of masculinity
Examine the social roles of both men and women and the different forms that gender inequality can take
Consider gender relations and how men and women relate to each other
Understand how recent research by feminist scholars and pro-feminist men links to social change activism

Features

This anthology is organized around specific themes:
- Part I: Masculinities
- Part II: Boyhood
- Part III: Collegiate Masculinities: Privilege and Peril
- Part IV: Men and Work
- Part V: Men and Health: Body and Mind
- Part VI: Men in Relationships
- Part VII: Male Sexualities
- Part VIII: Men in Families
- Part IX: Masculinities in Religion
- Part X: Masculinities in Media and Popular Culture
- Part XI: Violence and Masculinitie
- Part XII: Men, Movements, and the Future

New to This Edition

Chapter Introductions have been thoroughly updated (ex. pg. 99).
A new section on masculinity and religion has been added (ex. pg. 444).
New topics have been added in Part X: Masculinities in the Media and Popular Culture (ex. pg. 488).
New articles have been added throughout the book (ex. pg. 543).
An emphasisis placed on the differences among men based on race, class, sexuality, religion, and age, without losing sight of the inequality between women and men.

New Articles

Part I: Masculinities

Jewel Woods: The Black Male Privilege Checklist (ex. pg. 26)
Edward Flores & Hernan Ramirez : “Latino Masculinities in the Post-9/11 Era” (ex. pg. 32)

Part II: Boyhood

C.J. Pascoe, “Guys are Just Homophobic” (ex. pg. 73)

Part III: Collegiate Masculinities: Privilege and Peril

Frank Harris “College Men’s Meanings of Masculinities” (ex. pg. 114)

Part IV: Men and Work

Adia Harvey Wingfield: “Racializing the Glass Escalator: Reconsidering Men’s Experiences with Women’s Work” (ex. pg. 166)

Part V: Men and Health: Body and Mind

Shari L. Dworkin, “Masculinity, Health, and Human Rights: A Sociocultural Framework” (ex. pg. 252)
Tristan Bridges: “Gender Capital and Male Bodybuilders” (ex. pg. 264)

Part VI: Men in Relationships

Neill Korobov: “He’s Got No Game…” (ex. pg. 284)
Kathleen Gerson: “Men’s Resistance to Equal Sharing” (ex. pg. 332)

Part VIII: Men in Families

Dana Berkowitz: “Can a Gay Man be a Housewife?" (ex. pg. 435)

Part IX: Masculinities in Religion

Yasemin Besen and Gil Zicklin: “Young Men, Religion, and Attitudes Towards Homosexuality” (ex. pg. 455)
Leonard Swidler: “Jesus was a Feminist” (ex. pg. 459)
Sally K. Gallagher: “Godly Manhood Going Wild?: Transformation in Conservative Protestant Masculinity” (ex. pg. 467)

Part X: Masculinities in the Media and Popular Culture

Ron Weitzer and Charis Kubrin: “Misogyny in Rap Music” (ex. pg. 490)
Kathy Sandford and Leanna Madill: “Resistance through Video Game Play: It’s a Boy Thing” (ex. pg. 509)
Gillam and Wooden: “Post-Princess Models of Gender: The New Man in Disney/Pixar” (ex. pg. 520)

Part XI: Violence and Masculinities

Michael Kaufman: “The Seven P’s of Men’s Violence” (ex. pg. 543)
Edward Heisler and Michael Firmin, “Male Commitment to Gender Equity and Antiviolence: A National College Study” (ex. pg. 576)

Part XII: Men, Movements, and the Future

Erin Casey and Tyler Smith: “How Can I Not…” (ex. pg. 607)

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About the Author(s)

Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at SUNY at Stony Brook. He is the author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (HarperCollins, 2008) which was featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America and featured on over one hundred radio and newspaper and blog reviews. His other books include Changing Men (1987), Men’s Lives(8^th edition, 2009) Against the Tide: Profeminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990 (1992), The Politics of Manhood (1996), Manhood: A Cultural History (1996, 10^th anniversary second edition, 2006), and The Gendered Society (3^rd edition, 2008). He co-edited The Encyclopedia on Men and Masculinities (2004) and Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities (2004). He is the founder and editor of Men and Masculinities, the field’s premier scholarly journal, a book series on Gender and Sexuality at New York University Press, and edited the Sage Series on Men and Masculinities. He lectures extensively in corporations and on campuses in the U.S. and abroad. He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, Amy Aronson, and their 10 year old son, Zachary.

After receiving his B.A. and M.A. from C.S.U. Chico, Michael Messner received his Ph.D. in Sociology at U.C. Berkeley. He is professor of sociology and gender studies at the University of Southern California, where he has worked for 25 years. His teaching and research focuses on gender and sports, men and masculinities, and gender-based violence. In 2010, the USC Center for Feminist Research released the most recent update of his longitudinal study, Gender in televised sports. He is the author of several books, including most recently It's all for the kids: Gender, families and youth sports (California, 2009), and King of the wild suburb: A memoir of fathers, sons and guns (Plain View Press, 2011). Messner is currently researching men who work with boys and men to stop gender-based violence. In 2011, the California Women's Law Center honored him with its Pursuit of Justice Award, for his work in support of girls and women in sport.